Boston vintage printshop equipment bonanza
Last summer, the city of Boston’s North Street municipal print shop was closed down. Now, the contents of the shop, which served the city for 78 years, are going up on the auction block. From Boston.com:
Year: 2011
DesignScene iPad App: Inspiration Explorer
If you long for design inspiration and have an iPad, pick up this new app called DesignScene. (Watch the video trailer on the homepage.) It’s a real-time inspiration app that is visual! That’s right, now you can surf visually through curated sources that cover everything from art to architecture, illustration to fashion, and photography to […]
Two new Arduino & Processing online classes: video mixing & visualization
In February and March, O’Reilly Media is running two new online classes with instructor Joseph Gray. The classes are free to attend if you’re watching them online live, and they will be available for sale after the classes are over.
How-To: Earthbag dome
Owen Geiger on Instructables writes: This earthbag dome Instructable simplifies the process and illustrates each step of construction with photos. The two critical drawings are also included here. Please refer to the complete article before asking questions. This multi-purpose dome can serve as a storage shed or cool pantry above ground, or as a rootcellar […]
How-To: Monster Valentines
As a mom, I love the idea of making Valentines with my kids for their classmates, but we tend to get a few cards in and the kids find them too complicated and want to bail. These cute monster Valentine cards from Marie of Make and Takes, though, could solve that problem. I think the […]
The steam engines of Karsten Gintschel
That was written in 2009. Rog has an impressive collection of Karsten steam engines, most of which seem to be based on the aeolipile. Gintschel-Modelbau now has a German-language website, but Rog’s page shows many older models not included there.
Amazing Anatomy Dresses
These incredible anatomically adorned gowns appeared at a fashion show at Shih Chien University in China. [via Street Anatomy]
